Jamsostek allocates Rp 2b for food parcels

Jamsostek allocates Rp 2b for food parcels

JAKARTA: State employee social insurance firm PT Jamsostek has
set aside Rp 2 billion (about US$200,000) from its employee
welfare improvement fund to provide affordable basic foodstuffs
to workers and members of the public, Antara reported on
Wednesday.

"This is to show our concern for the difficulties faced by
workers and the public because of the fuel price increases,"
Jamsostek's operations and services director Tjarda Muchtar said
during a bazaar at the Pulogadung industrial zone in East
Jakarta.

During the bazaar, Jamsostek sold food parcels worth Rp 50,000
for Rp 10,000 each. The company has prepared 15,000 food parcels
for Jakarta out of a total of 26,000 parcels to be distributed
through Jamsostek branches across the country.

"This also forms part of the celebrations to mark PT
Jamsostek's 26th birthday anniversary," Tjarda said. -- JP